Magnitude and Determinants of the Late Request for Safe Abortion Care Among Women Seeking Abortion Care at a Tertiary Referral Hospital in Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study.

More than half of women who request safe abortion at Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College do so in the second trimester. Young age, delay in diagnosis of pregnancy, delayed decision, and lack of information where to get service were contributing factors. Therefore, comprehensive adolescent sexuality education, increasing access to contraception, and safe abortion service including self-care interventions are very imperative to avert late gestation abortion and its consequences.